Lake Arbuckle results, Saturday 20th, 2014

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September 20, 2014

Lake Arbuckle
Park ramp
Frostproof, Fl.

Temp in mid 70's, 7am, by 1pm reached
84. Rain was word of the day, start Fri.
1:30pm, cold front stalled over Arbuckle
and stayed till 1:30pm Saturday - Rain &
and more rain. Estimates of 5 1/2" fell on Lk in 24 hrs.
Water temp 78.8 down 10 deg. from Fri.
Water really stirred up from wind & rain,
very dirty looking making for difficult bite.
Bara pressure 29:92 7am, climbed to high
29:99 by 11am before starting to drop.
Wind out of Northwest 3- 9 mph, by 10am was 11 - 14 gusting to 16 mph,
good looking white caps and big rollers.

Nine (9) teams in full rain gear went after
the big ones that Arbuckle is noted for.

One (1) position paid for "Big Fish"

1st: Rick Hartsock
1 lb 7.5 oz.

Two (2) positions paid for "7 fish catch
weight"

1st. John Peyton / Mike Herbst
7 lbs. 1.5 oz

2nd: Harold McGhee / Dave Troester
6 lbs. 3.0 oz

1st place team fished Wally Marshall rods
spider rigging, minnow tipped working
Skipppers Jigs - pink, red & chartruse,
along with Arkie, Shineee Hineee jigs,
white head, silver body, white tail.
fishing 7 - 9 ft water.

2nd place team spider rigged, minnow
tipped, Deep-South rods using Ron's zip
jigs yellow, orange, & hot pink along with
Crappie Hooker hot pink - orange & red ice jigs - fishing 3.5 - 5.5 depth.

Catch weight this year was down in
excess of 2 lb total wgt to last year,
belived to be the heavy rain and mixed
weather past week - as prefishing Labor
Day weekend - catches were in in the
high 8 - 9 3/4 lbs for 7 fish.
Fish were completely scattered with no
depth of consistency found anywhere.
Quality fish could be close to surface in
8-9 ft water or in 3-4 ft water on top
or down deep.

FCC members participating in No particular order were:

John Peyton / Mike Herbst
Harold McGhee / Dave Troester
Marvin & Laura Wiggins
Mark Irle
Rick Hartsock
Bill Bercaw / Logan (grandson)
Mark Gilman /Don Gilman
Scott Lawson / Ronnie Sholler

Next tournament will be held Lake
Lochloosa, October 11th, public ramp
highway 301, Lochloosa, Fl.

For additional information or assistance,
contact Darryl Cole 352 516-0859 or
Harold McGhee 813 215-9759